Heart Beat: Migraine, heart disease linked
Heart Beat
The increase in risk was biggest for heart attack, at 42%. That isn't as bad as it sounds. Migraine upped the ante from 3.6 heart attacks per year among 10,000 men who did not have migraine to 4.9 per year among 10,000 migraine sufferers. The chance of having any cardiovascular event — nonfatal stroke or heart attack, or dying of cardiovascular disease — also increased. Regular headaches were not linked to cardiovascular disease.
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